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REAL ART WEST: Art a la mode by Alexandra Rosa

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RAW AUGUST 2010

Join the volunteers of San Diego Visual Arts Network atArt San Diego Contemporary Fair September 2-5 at the Hilton Bayfront Hotel as we celebrate the works of the SD Art Prize 2010 recipients Julio Orozco,Einar and Jamex de la Torre, David Adey, and Gail Roberts featured in Booth 7. Opening night tickets are $75 and include a donation to the SD Art Prize.

Jon Block’sSight & Sound, whichstages the biggest monthly music and arts events in San Diego, is presenting FREE concert on Friday Sept 2 from 7 to 10 pm at the Hilton Bayfront Hotel outside of Vela Restaurant as part of the Art San Diego Contemporary Fair. It will feature alternative San Diego bands including Republic of Letters as well as alarge-scale installation by Rich Walker and several different dance troupes. This concert is presented by Trumer Pilsner, Refine Cocktail Mixers and Infinium Spirits and is in celebration of the 2010 SD Art Prize recipients and the emerging artist nominated for the prize in the San Diego Visual Arts Network's  New Contemporaries III exhibition. Come early to the fair that day and hear Lucía Sanromán, Associate Curator, The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, speaking about Between Here and There. Curatorial Strategies Towards a Regional Survey from2– 3 pm. Fair entrance is only $15 but free for SD Art Prize and New Contemporaries artists thanks to the generosity of the fair organizers.

Jon Block scored a bit with part of the Fringe for Art Meets Fashion at Love Struck the La Jolla Playhouse. A huge crowd watched a historic runway show with fashion supplies by the Women’s History Museum followed by a contemporary show including fashion by Stacie "May"Taylor, on of our AMF team members.

A one-day conference titled: "Art in the City - Utilizing Art & Culture as Transformative Tools." is about how innovative arts/culture programs have added to the civic and economic life of cities across America.  It will be held at the Art San Diego Contemporary Fair Bayfront Hilton on Saturday, Sept the 4th as part of ART SAN DIEGO 2010.   The fair organizers are offering non-profits a discounted rate of $25 to attend the conference. Please register to receive passes.  Please note that this registration does not include the lunch featuring speaker Bob Lynch and Victoria Hamilton, but tickets can be purchased for the lunch for $65 once you register for the conference.

Mimosas and discussion begin at 11:00 a.m. at L Street Fine Art , followed by lunch at McCormick & Schmick's in the Omni Hotel at 12:00 p.m. for those who join Art Talk: Art Walk where a select collection of Jian Wang's recent paintings will be on display in collaboration with Art Expressions Gallery . Featuring special guest speakers are  Ann Berchtold (Executive Director of Art San Diego Contemporary Fair ), Peter Fehler (Publisher of Art Ltd. Magazine), Robert Pincus (distinguished Art Critic from the San Diego Union-Tribune) as well as the artist. Then a shuttle will take you to the fair. All of this is included in the price of $75 per person (in advance) $85 per person (at the door). A portion [20%] of the proceeds will benefit ArtsBusXpress, which provides SD County schools with grants to fund transportation for field trips in the Arts and Sciences. For more info and tickets: Art Expressions Gallery 858.270.7577  

Easel - A San Diego Art Af(FAIR) will be one week only from Sept 2 – 6 (one day longer than the Art San Diego Contemporary Fair) This Affair features Dan Camp and up to 200 works by a variety of artists who are each paying $50 to show a work. Organized by Alexander Salazar Fine Art in a rented space at the corner of 7 th Avenue and C with 5,000 sq. ft. the maximum price of work for sale is $2,000 and proceeds will benefit It’s All About the Kids Foundation. For more info: Alex 619.531.8996. In 2011, Alex will be hosting the New Contemporaries IV for SDVAN SD Art Prize as well as an Art Meets Fashion team.

Bronowski Art & Science Forum presents conversation with artist Ruben Ochoa and architect Teddy Cruz with moderator Robert Pincus, art critic, Union-Tribune, on Thurs. Sept 23 from 6:30 at The Neurosciences Institute auditorium. 10640 John Jay Hopkins Drive. La Jolla For more info: Ron Newby 858.442.3030

SDVAN sponsored the Workshop during Survey Select: Collecting Artworks and Art of Marketing at the Wonder Bread Factory ( 171 14th Street, SD, 92101). The show there goes from through Sept 15. More info: Mark Murphy 619.743.0405 Patricia Frischer gave a lecture on High End Art Market, Mark Jerinowski spoke about his art selling philosophy. Collector John Purlia discussed his collection and gave tips for collectors and Kinsee Moran from City Beat gave great information about getting your work noticed about by the SD media.

SDVAN is offering a FREE bus trip and entrance to entijuanarte2010 Art Fair at the Cecut in Tijuana. We have been invited to fill two buses on Fr. Oct 1 leaving at 5 from Balboa Park and returning at 10:30 for the VIP opening celebrations. There are also 1-2 buses on Sat Oct 2 leaving at 4 and returning at 10 and including a trip to Revolucion Avenue at 8 pm. Please send your RSVP request to be included so we can add your name to the list. Space is limited so please sign up ASAP. You will get complimentary snacks and beverages, VIP wristbands, special souvenirs and Entijuanarte 2010 activities programs. Contact patricia@sdvisualarts.net

The Art Meets Fashion fundraiser is as easy as a click on your computer. San Diego Visual Arts Network is partnering with ArtHatch in the Pepsi Challenge to encourage teens at risk to look at the arts and fashion industry as a career. Voting is free and your vote will support buying supplies for lesson plans created by 13 creative teams of the Art Meets Fashion project. These teens will have a chance to show their work at the SD International Airport from July to Sept 2011. So please vote once a day for ArtHatch.

September 11 is the opening celebration of Art Produce Garden and the kickoff event is whEAThARvesT, an interactive integration of art and urban agriculture by artist David Krimmel. The project utilizes locally grown grain to promote awareness of current issues in commercial food production. This past spring a vacant lot in urban North Park was transformed into a field of wheat. Eveoke Dance Theater will leads participants in transporting locally grown wheat to Art Produce Gallery. Using threshing tables, winnowing baskets and a bicycle powered grain mill, participants are invited to process the grain into flour. On exhibit in the gallery will be a wheat inspired installation, documentation, and artist designed grain processing equipment. More info: Lynn Susholtz 619.584.4448 Show until Oct 24.

What a delightful revelation to learn that John Wilson the Timken Museum director is a big fan of contemporary art. We found this out not just because he juried the 19th annual show at the Athenaeum but also because Jim Chute wrote about him in the Union Tribune. Jim is covering the beat that Robert Pincus used to call his own.

How fun is this! A play about an artist and featuring local artwork and actors by local NCTimes columnist Charles Carr is going to be put on to benefit the Escondido Arts Partnership. "All the Time in the World" will be performed four times 8:00 p.m. Oct. 8, 9 & 15, 16 at the Escondido Municipal Gallery ( 262 E. Grand Ave. Escondido, CA). More info: 760.480.4101

A new jewelry Line Montana Sapphire Collection by Allison Neumann is being launched at The Glashaus (1815-b Main Street, in the Barrio Logan) on Sept 11, 7-11pm. These are handcrafted using Montana Sapphires from a private family holding and recycled with refined gold. More info: Allison

No one is busier that Valentine Viannay. She is in a one women show in San Francisco called Serendipity introduces Princess Animal starting on Sept 4 as well as making Art Meets Fashion scarves with Rosemary KimBal for launch at the Art San Diego Contemporary Fair, is part of one of the AMF teams showing at Space4Art, and helping Irene de Watteville in her Imperialist Stomach fund raising dinner for Eat Your Art Out sold out Aug 27.

The refurbished / integration mural Los Portales de Chicano Park originally painted by Roberto Salas worked on by Isaias Crow, Chor Boogie, Apex, Pose 2, Mike Maxwell, Evolve, Sake is just mind blowing and seems to go on and on and on. Check it out soon on the mural that bridges over the I-5 Freeway to Chicano Park.

Books, Murals and Miracles  is a 4 week long mural creating workshop program for 8 -19 year olds. It is held in connection with Space4Art and the Synergy Art Foundation and led by Isaias Crow and The Prism Process, which provides programs designed to transform, inspire and uplift communities through the arts and civic engagement. The theme this year was "The Importance and Magic of Literature." Each part or segment represent a different genre of books. This very powerful experience fused literacy, murals, graffiti and life skills to generate one story that the group then painted on a 150' x 12' mural. The kids need this kind of engagement, attention and stimulation of their mind, spirit and soul. You can view this mural at The Bookman the corner of 37 th St. and El Cajon Blvd. For more info: Isaias Crow 

You have the next 7 months to view the fabulous sculptures wonderfully sited by Naomi Nussbaum at the San Diego Botanic Garden’s ( 230 Quail Gardens Drive, Encinitas 92023) in the show Sculpture in the Garden. For more info: Becky Reeb 760 436-3036. Some of the artists in the show include Jeffery Laudenslager, James Hubbell, Nicole Deline, Peter Mitten, Christopher Lee, and Charles Bronson.

The Art Meets Fashion Mannequin Project is looking for artists invited to create works of art from mannequin forms to be displayed at various Art Meets Fashion events in public venues ( San Diego County) throughout 2010 and 2011. One lucky mannequin will even be showcased at the SD International Airport. Mannequin Manifesto and Medium is wide open except all must be suitable for outdoor display. Interested artists will be asked to submit the following: 3 images in your existing collection plus a  biography/resume or a website link with all that information on it. For more info or to send in your application, contact the co-chairs Ariane Brittany or Denise Bonaimo. Donations of mannequin blanks for this project are gratefully received.

The SD International Airport is accepting applications for artists for exhibitions in several locations. They are currently openings in the exhibition calendar for January, March, and September of 2011. The deadline is Oct 15 for the application. This lively program is supporting the SDVAN/FOCUS Art Meets Fashion project.

ArtWalk needs 100 volunteers on Sept 18 &19 at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront hotel for event setup event strike, greeting and assisting attendees, conducting surveys, helping with deliveries, and traffic control. As an ArtWalk on the Bay volunteer you receive our official 2010 ArtWalk on the Bay T-shirt. More info: Sandi Cottrell 619.615.1090

A Young Rembrandt (the power of drawing for our youth) franchise opportunity has opened up in San Diego. To find out more contact Kim Swanson 847-742-6966 ext. 231

Tania Alcala is now a certified Art for Healing practitioner.  On August 31st at 6:15pm her workshop at the Joyce Beers Center in Hillcrest will be Expressing Feelings with Color. Participants create a series of abstract paintings that bring to the surface his or her own story.  No art background is required.  Fee $35.00 plus $15.00 for art materials. Contact Tania for more information.

The Colony Studio/Gallery ( 10855 Sorrento Valley Road, SD 92121) is a community gallery and artist collective that will give artists studio and gallery space to create and showcase their particular media to the public. As Colony tenants/artists will have access to the Colony Gallery for monthly shows, permanent window installations and classrooms for holding their own community classes. Amenities include kitchenette, Hi Speed Internet, make-up table, reception area, and restrooms. 1000 SF Main Studio and shooting space, 18 x 36 cyc wall (white), ground floor with roll-up door and 24hr access. Rent: $350. For more info: Rebecca Fox 858.945.3469.

Old Town San Diego Art Festival has early bird pricing until Sept. 24 thfor artists wanting to participate.Artist applications are available now. The festival is Sat/Sun, Oct 9-10 from 10 am to 6 pm at from San Diego Avenue from Conde Street into the Old Town San Diego State Historic Park) More info: Andrew Tsui 619.233.5008

Spa Velia Art Gallery in Little Italy has made a call for artists for a juried solo art exhibition with a deadline of Sept 3. For more info” Kelly Fitzgerald 760.670.6616. This is for 2-D work only for artists living in SD.

MUSEUMS

At theSD Natural History Museum All That Glitters: The Splendor and Science of Gems and Minerals Gems seduce us with their sparkle. Did you know that San Diego County is one of the most famous gem-producing regions in the world? The exhibition, developed and built by Museum exhibit designers, features a stunning selection of spectacular natural mineral crystals, exquisite jewelry, and works of art. All That Glitters is on until May 2012.

Liquid: Richard Gleaves will be on view at Oceanside Museum of Art Parker Gallery from Aug 21 – Nov 21. with a floating 8-foot cube constructed from 19,000 feet of monofilament fishing line. The cube creates what the artist calls "a tactile field of simulated liquid" which abstractly represents both the visual and tactile properties of water. You get to walk through this one. Meet the artist on Saturday, Sept 25 at 2:00 p.m. . For more info: Teri Sowell, Director of Exhibitions 760.435.3730 Note: Neville Page’s From Page to Screen on view in the OMA Groves Auditorium Gallery is extended to Sept 12, 2010

The San Diego Museum of Art Young Art 2011: Making Multiples from April 16 - May 29, 2011 has been announced and Information on how to submit works for consideration into the exhibition will be available online starting September 2010! This is a biennial exhibition of K-12 student artwork from San Diego City and County schools which focuses on art that explores the repetition of images and ideas.  Works may be objects that are part of a series; be the original object from which a series of objects are created; include multiple objects of similar subjects; be a combination of the above.   Works may be executed in two-dimensional or three-dimensional media, including, but not limited to, printmaking, mold making, photography, bookmaking, digital art, zines, and video art. For general questions about the Young Art program, please email youngart@sdmart.org

Mingei International Museum started a new exhibition Tequila Bottles from El Agave plus on Sat, Sep 11, 10    7 - 9 pm there will be a Tequila – a Lecture and Tasting.

Art Meets Fashion at the Art of Fashion 2010 as the Timken Museum of Art and Fashion Careers College (FCC) will host the third annual event from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, August 28. Guests will see interpretations of clothing worn in 16 masterpieces from the permanent collection at the museum. Guests can extend the fun by staying for an exclusive VIP after Party from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. to enjoy signature cocktails and mingle with the models and designers. Cost is $125 for Art of Fashion or $150 for both Art of Fashion and the VIP after Party. For more info: 619.239.5548 x100 fashion@timkenmuseum.org

Lux Art Institute has announced its new season 2010-2011: Timothy Horn Sept 9, David Humphrey, Nov 18, Alison Saar, Feb 3, Rick Stich, March 25, and Claudette Schreuders May 28.

TIDBITS

Young vandals are tipping 600 pound sculpture cows over in Burlington, Vermont. Those colorfully painted cud chewers are hitting the dust, but one of them managed to hit back and broke the foot of its attacker. The town has organized bartenders to watch out for the cow’s safety. They call them ‘cow tenders”. How come we find ourselves rooting for the vandals on this one?

Joe Nalven sends us this link to an article Should Artists Publish Their Own Catalogues? by Daniel Grant writing for the Hoffington Post. . An interesting read for all artists contemplating this direction.

Ryan Crowley of Symbolic Collection says don’t miss the film Herb and Dorothy about the art collectors who prove that you don’t need to be a Rockefeller to collect art. There are even some very affordable works at Symbolic now even though the $1 million Elvis piano is on view in the new gallery in La Jolla this month.

The Work of Art winner is Abdi Farah. It might not be your choice of the next great artist but it will be fascinating to see if this TV program has an impact on the art market for Abdi or any of the other artists involved.

VIP Online Art Fair could be the future. The list of galleries involved is impressive and it is only on line and only for one week in Jan 2011.

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